133 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249

The four-story, six-unit tenement building at 133 Grand Street in Williamsburg, owned by Vicente Amelco, has been facing ongoing pest management challenges since at least 2021. The property has consistently failed to file the required annual bedbug reports as mandated by the Housing Maintenance Code, with violations recorded in 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in April 2024, all of which remain open as of now.

Additionally, there have been multiple rodent management interventions, with bait applied during inspections in 2022, 2023, and most recently in 2023. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducted a rodent-related inspection in February 2022 and found no violations at that time, though this was shortly before the initiation of multiple bait applications. The building's maintenance history shows some attention to pest control, with regular rodent baiting interventions occurring approximately every four to six months since 2022, following an initial successful inspection in February 2022.

While the building passed its initial rodent inspection in 2019, subsequent inspections have revealed an ongoing need for management of both rodent and potential bedbug issues. The frequency of bedbug report violations and rodent baiting suggests persistent pest management challenges within the building, though the most recent rodent control efforts appear to be ongoing with no recent violations noted in this category. The timeline indicates that while the property owners are addressing these issues through bait application, there remains a pattern of regulatory non-compliance regarding bedbug reporting requirements, with four consecutive years of violations.